Triple

T580372
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Comptroller of the Treasury E15042 entity
Predicate officeHeldBy P537 FINISHED
Object J. R. McCarl
J. R. McCarl was an American government official who served as the first Comptroller General of the United States, playing a key role in establishing federal auditing and fiscal oversight practices.
E73337 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: J. R. McCarl | Statement: [Comptroller of the Treasury, officeHeldBy, J. R. McCarl]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. R. McCarl
Context triple: [Comptroller of the Treasury, officeHeldBy, J. R. McCarl]
  • A. George Bergstrom
    George Bergstrom was an American architect best known for designing the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
  • B. Norbert J. Schneider
    Norbert J. Schneider is a composer best known for his film score work, including the music for the 1993 war film "Stalingrad."
  • C. Robert G. Heft
    Robert G. Heft was an American designer best known for creating the 50-star version of the United States flag while still a high school student.
  • D. Albert W. Tucker
    Albert W. Tucker was a Canadian-born American mathematician best known for his influential work in game theory and topology, including formulating the Prisoner’s Dilemma and mentoring John Nash.
  • E. Ronald William Howard
    Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and former child actor best known for starring in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days" and directing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: J. R. McCarl
Triple: [Comptroller of the Treasury, officeHeldBy, J. R. McCarl]
Generated description
J. R. McCarl was an American government official who served as the first Comptroller General of the United States, playing a key role in establishing federal auditing and fiscal oversight practices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. R. McCarl
Target entity description: J. R. McCarl was an American government official who served as the first Comptroller General of the United States, playing a key role in establishing federal auditing and fiscal oversight practices.
  • A. George Bergstrom
    George Bergstrom was an American architect best known for designing the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
  • B. Norbert J. Schneider
    Norbert J. Schneider is a composer best known for his film score work, including the music for the 1993 war film "Stalingrad."
  • C. Robert G. Heft
    Robert G. Heft was an American designer best known for creating the 50-star version of the United States flag while still a high school student.
  • D. Albert W. Tucker
    Albert W. Tucker was a Canadian-born American mathematician best known for his influential work in game theory and topology, including formulating the Prisoner’s Dilemma and mentoring John Nash.
  • E. Ronald William Howard
    Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and former child actor best known for starring in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days" and directing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a4935783b8819082b77726ec10cc42 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b82b5248190ac863407e8207a3b completed March 1, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a50e23bce481908404040b848ba9c1 completed March 2, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a50ed652148190a84c0d2aa5307211 completed March 2, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a50f53c16c8190bbeb7fa550ed46b1 completed March 2, 2026, 4:17 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.